Raron
Raron is a municipality in the district of Raron in the canton of Valais in Switzerland. Raron has about 1,670 residents.Photo: Berger, CC BY-SA 3.0.
- Type: Village with 1,670 residents
- Description: municipality in the canton of Valais, Switzerland
- Postal code: 3942
Notable Places in the Area
Raron railway station
Railway station
Photo: Litzler, Public domain.
Raron railway station is a railway station in the municipality of Raron, in the Swiss canton of Valais.
Localities in the Area
Hohtenn
Village
Hohtenn is a village and former municipality in the district of Raron in the canton of Valais in Switzerland. Hohtenn is situated 3½ km west of Raron.
Ausserberg
Village
Photo: Vasile Cotovanu, CC BY 2.0.
Ausserberg is a municipality in the district of Raron in the canton of Valais in Switzerland. Ausserberg is situated 4 km east of Raron.
Gampel
Village
Photo: Parpan05, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Gampel is a former municipality in the district of Leuk in the canton of Valais in Switzerland. Gampel is situated 4½ km west of Raron.
Raron
- Categories: municipality of Switzerland and locality
- Location: Raron, Raron District, Valais, Switzerland, Central Europe, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
46.30993° or 46° 18' 36" northLongitude
7.79959° or 7° 47' 59" eastPopulation
1,670Elevation
644 metres (2,113 feet)United Nations Location Code
CH RRNOpen Location Code
8FR98Q5X+XROpenStreetMap ID
node 240026973OpenStreetMap Feature
place=villageGeoNames ID
2659098Wikidata ID
Q69786Raron Satellite Map
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Also Known As
- Arabic: Raron
- Basque: Raron
- Belarusian: Рарон
- Breton: Raron
- Catalan: Raron
- Cebuano: Raron
- Chinese: 拉龙
- Czech: Rarogne
- Czech: Raron
- Danish: Raron
- Dutch: Raron
- English: Raron, Valais
- English: Raron VS
- Esperanto: Raron
- Esperanto: Rarono
- Finnish: Raron
- French: Rarogne
- French: Raron
- German: Rarogne
- German: Raron
- German: Sankt German VS
- Hungarian: Raron
- Irish: Raron
- Italian: Raron
- Japanese: ラロン
- Korean: 라론
- Latin: Rarognus
- Lombard: Raron
- Malay: Raron
- Norwegian Bokmål: Raron
- Norwegian Nynorsk: Rarogne
- Norwegian Nynorsk: Raron
- Occitan (post 1500): Raron
- Persian: رارون
- Piemontese: Raron
- Polish: Raron
- Portuguese: Raron
- Romansh: Raron
- Russian: Рарон
- Slovak: Raron
- Spanish: Raron
- Spanish: Rarona
- Spanish: Raroña
- Swedish: Raron
- Swiss German: Raron
- Tosk Albanian: Raron
- Turkish: Raron
- Ukrainian: Рарон
- Upper Sorbian: Raron
- Venetian: Raron
- Volapük: Raron
- Waray (Philippines): Raron
- Welsh: Raron
- Western Frisian: Raron
Other Places Named Raron
In the Area
Raron is situated close to the quarter Gesch and the locality Heidnischbiel.
Localities
- ObergeschQuarter
- WasserleiteHamlet
- UnnergeschQuarter
- RarnerchummaHamlet
- Zum SteiHamlet
- WannumoosQuarter
Landmarks
- BurgkircheChurch
- Museum auf der BurgMuseum
- Raron-NiedergestelnFire station
- BietschisandMeadow
- InformationsbüroTourism office
- BietschisandMeadow
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About Mapcarta. Thanks to Mapbox for providing amazing maps. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License. Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, excluding photos, directions and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipdia page Raron. Photo: Berger, CC BY-SA 3.0.